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conflict with them but he avoided that. He could foresee that getting into a serious argument with his enemies would lead to unnec...

following Gods first message to move but he did not wait to see if God would tell him the best path to take. There are certain par...

prophets was to convey a message from God to the People. They received the divine messages differently, some in a dream, some in a...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...

also referred as "the law," due to the fact that they contain "the laws and instruction" that were handed down by God to Moses and...

a religious leader to one ruled by a king, that is, a political leader. Sauls downfall as a ruler is considered to be tragic in th...

learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...

King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...

be very difficult because it had armor-like scales that were so close they did not even let in air. The mystery may be solved. A f...

wife was sexually involved with other men after they married (Smith, 2001). God demonstrates to Hosea the love He has for His peo...

John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...

the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...

this festival secretly because He knew people were debating who He was (John 7:10). People were already plotting against Him (Keme...

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

so disfigured that three of his friends do not recognize him when they come to visit him. The three friends are Eliphaz, Bildad...

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...

Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...

were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...

repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

of benefits an individual receives as the result of following Gods law in the Old Testament and by believing in and entrusting one...

codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...

Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...

is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...

of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...

Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...

first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...

phrases use in the Gospels is that is used exclusively by Christ and is never employed by his disciples or others, nor by early Ch...